Genesis 42:31
World English Bible (WEB)
We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
In context
29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
Genesis 42:31 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
- KJV King James Version
- And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
- WBS Webster Bible
- And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies: